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This specimen was lot 1260 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €440 (about US$568 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN-WEISSENFELS, HERZOGTUM August, 1656-1680. Reichstaler 1663, Halle oder Magdeburg, auf die Grundsteinlegung der Schloßkirche von Weissenfels. Leichte Korrosionsspuren, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels, August, 1656-80, thaler of 1663, Halle or Magdeburg mint, on the groundbreaking of the castle church of Weissenfels. Lightly pitted, very fine.)"</blockquote> This is the most common seventeenth century thaler of Saxe-Weissenfels, a branch of the Albertines that lasted 1656-1746. | This specimen was lot 1260 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €440 (about US$568 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''SACHSEN-WEISSENFELS, HERZOGTUM August, 1656-1680. Reichstaler 1663, Halle oder Magdeburg, auf die Grundsteinlegung der Schloßkirche von Weissenfels. Leichte Korrosionsspuren, sehr schön.'' ([[Germany]], duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels, August, 1656-80, thaler of 1663, Halle or Magdeburg mint, on the groundbreaking of the castle church of Weissenfels. Lightly pitted, very fine.)"</blockquote> This is the most common seventeenth century thaler of Saxe-Weissenfels, a branch of the Albertines that lasted 1656-1746. | ||
Latest revision as of 21:45, 11 December 2021
This specimen was lot 1260 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €440 (about US$568 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"SACHSEN-WEISSENFELS, HERZOGTUM August, 1656-1680. Reichstaler 1663, Halle oder Magdeburg, auf die Grundsteinlegung der Schloßkirche von Weissenfels. Leichte Korrosionsspuren, sehr schön. (Germany, duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels, August, 1656-80, thaler of 1663, Halle or Magdeburg mint, on the groundbreaking of the castle church of Weissenfels. Lightly pitted, very fine.)"
This is the most common seventeenth century thaler of Saxe-Weissenfels, a branch of the Albertines that lasted 1656-1746.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: Dav-7658; Schnee 1100. KM 3.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., German Secular Talers, 1600-1700, Frankfurt: Numismatischer Verlag, 1976.
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